jobs
The labour market in 2013 – what’s in store?
Richard Exell looks at what the labour market has in store for 2013.
Making work pay: Balls announces compulsory jobs guarantee for long-term unemployed
Ed Balls today set out plans for a compulsory jobs guarantee for the long-term unemployed - ensuring there is a job for every adult who is long-term unemployed.
TUC: Latest employment laws will “make it easier to sack people” and “not save a single job”
The TUC have said the government's latest employment reforms "will not save a single job" but instead "make it easier to sack people".
Today’s jobs stats are good, but there’s still a great deal of ground to make up
Richard Exell analyses the latest labour market statistics.
Chart: Employment may be up, but police, NHS and education jobs are being slashed
This morning's headline stats are encouraging, with employment up and unemployment down; however, the disappearance of key public sector workers continues...
Unemployment down 82,000 to 2.51 million
Unemployment fell by 82,000 between August and October to 2.51 million, today's labour market statistics reveal.